I temporarily neglected my Movie Project not because I lost interest, but because I just had/have too much going on. But dammit, I WILL find time for everything I love in life even if it means waking up at 5.30am (and napping three hours later ( Read more... )

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Movies kick-started in France, England, and landed across the ocean where you'd expect: New York. So when and how did Hollywood work itself in to the mix ( Read more... )

So, D. was just recommending a 1940s movie to me, because it “broke the happily-ever-after rule” that had come to be expected of early movies.

But my Lesson Six was a lesson in tragedy, and a very early unhappily ever after! 1915. A Fool There Was, and what a fool there was! I added this as an essential lesson in film history, because it stars ( Read more... )

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I will spare the loyal readers of this blog, who indulge me as I explore everything from the benefits of spirulina to the advent of motion pictures, the gory details of Lesson Three in my Movie Project. I’ll just say this lesson was a long one. I read this. (Don’t even click it - unless you’re me, it’ll bore you to tears), but it includes such ( Read more... )

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I got my Movie Project underway. Unit One: Pre-1920s, which means - ugh! - SILENT FILMS! Lesson One: America's (Canada's) sweetheart, Mary Pickford.


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